r/HomeschoolResources

Fun educational video for kids about the 6 simple machines and how they make everyday work easier. It covers levers, pulleys, wheel and axle, inclined planes (ramps), screws, and wedges using real-life examples like seesaws, bicycles, elevators, shopping carts, jar lids, playground slides, cranes, and more.

Designed for elementary students, homeschool learning, teachers, classrooms, and curious young learners. If your child enjoys science or hands-on learning, this could be a fun watch.

Hey y’all I just have a question regarding curriculum and I guess needing advice for day to day.

Quick background: we have a unique situation where my wife is a travel nurse so we decided to sell our house this past month and got it on the market. We live in hotel suites with her so we get to travel and make new friends wherever we go. We’ve been homeschooling (me as the teacher/SAHD) our 2 daughters for the past 2 years. My oldest is almost done with 1st grade and we have been using time4learning as our curriculum to follow. She did kindergarten using T4L and it was really good. It gave print-out activities for teachers to do with kids as well as the online videos, tests, and quizzes. For 1st grade it’s okay but I feel like this year has been too reliant on the online video lesson aspect. There are printable worksheets that we do but it’s not really an activity lesson that I set up or anything. T4L has been good for her reading as she is reading a chapter book called white fox and is in 1st grade. (Way beyond what I was reading at her age), as well as other books. She can figure out new words pretty quickly too. But she struggles with basic arithmetic and I feel like the curriculum touches on basic math concepts including algebra and geometry but there isn’t enough repetition to make it stick if that makes sense. Idk if it dives deeper for second grade or what.

I guess that falls more so on me though for not making it a lesson, but it’s kind of hard when the topics for the day are vague descriptions of what it will cover. I guess my question is are there any curriculums that yall have found cater more to this aspect? Like I was thinking of switching to an offline curriculum where I have a handbook or something that guides me to setting up the lessons. Then using online learning games as supplementary computer fun.

My youngest will start kindergarten this upcoming school year and I feel like I have dropped the ball with her as far as education, granted she hears a lot of what I teach my oldest and will sometimes sit with her and watch her learning videos. I did sign my youngest up for pre-k on T4L but it’s pretty weak in my opinion and she gets bored with it easily. I try to do more drawing, play dough, painting, play type stuff with her, as well as pre k workbooks to help with her writing.

I guess I just feel like I haven’t done enough this year with them and that they haven’t gotten the most consistent education. I’ve felt so burned out and it takes a lot for me to just get out of bed and get them started. We go to bed late and sleep in (which we are working on right now). There’s so much I want to introduce them to as well but im going day to day just running on fumes it feels like.

My oldest is also in cub scouts but that’s been challenging with all the moving. Feel free to give any general advice or criticisms too as I already criticize myself for sleeping in when my wife has to go to work lol. Also sorry for the long post, I guess it could’ve been two separate posts but I’m just trying to type it out so I don’t forget lol. Thank yall!

Hi guys

I am a just a dad that moved from Virginia to Texas last year, my son is almost done with 1st grade and he's grown very fond of math. So much so that we are having him take the accelerated math exam to jump to 3rd grade math. So to help him retain and even learn some new math objectives I created a app for him. This started as a quick little project but has blossomed into a real working idea. Currently I am following the TEKS standards, and trying to piece together lessons from different school districts syllabus.

I was wondering how are teachers building there lessons plans. my goal for the app is for my son and possibly other kids to do a quiz or two or practice some of the things they learn in school, this is not a gamified app, not meant for extended periods of play just something to keep their mind fresh on the work they learned.

Any help or feedback would be great.

Does anyone work remote while also homeschooling their children? For context, both my husband and I work from the house and are currently keeping our kids here while we work. My oldest just turned 5 & is expecting to go to Kindergarten in the fall but I’ve always had a feeling to just keep her home and homeschool. Recently, a teacher at the school she’s supposed to attend got arrested for assault of a child in her care & I think that was the final straw for me. My daughter seems excited to go to school but I’m just not sure it’s the best idea. Is it even possible to work and homeschool? I know smaller kids don’t actually need 6-8 hours of school a day. Just want to know how realistic it is.

Measuring rain inquiry…

How?

And why would you?!
Link to part 2 is below the video on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/Cne5dNZ42Jg?si=6ytEtATy3tGG26sQ

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So many great reasons for your child to learn another language.

Some kids do great with memorizing things, but freeze the moment something isn’t literal.

Like when a task changes slightly. Or when you ask “why”, not “what”.

That’s usually where abstract thinking starts showing up. Or not showing up yet.

Kids don’t suddenly “get it”.
At first they rely on what they can see and repeat. Later they start connecting things, spotting patterns, guessing outcomes. For some it happens early, for others it takes time.

What seems to help in real life:

Asking questions that don’t have one right answer.
Talking through random “what if” situations.
Explaining jokes instead of skipping them.
Letting kids explain their thinking, even if it sounds messy.

You can actually see the shift.
A kid stops giving short answers and starts explaining how they got there.

That’s usually when math stops being just numbers, and reading stops being just words.

There’s another side to it though.
Same “what if” thinking can spiral the wrong way. One mistake → “I’m bad at everything”. You’ve probably seen that.

So it’s less about pushing them harder, more about steering how they think.

We’ve been testing this approach inside Brighterly — tying math and reading to real situations instead of drills. Kids pick it up faster when it clicks like that.

When did you first notice your kid asking endless “why” questions?

I built an AI tool for homeschool families because I couldn’t find what I wanted for my own daughter.

It shows you where your child stands across subjects, suggests what to focus on next, and generates lesson plans aligned to your state standards (TEKS, Common Core, NGSSS, and others) in minutes. It works across K through 12 and adapts to how your family actually learns.

It’s not a curriculum. It’s an intelligence layer that makes whatever curriculum you’re already using work better. If your kid is struggling in reading comprehension, it identifies the gap and builds a focused plan instead of you guessing what to work on next.

I’ve been a developer for over 20 years so this not a flyby night built it overnight program. It’s something I’ve been developing with a line of services.

Free trial, no credit card. I’m looking for homeschool families who want to test it and help shape what it becomes. Your feedback directly influences what gets built next.

veloxsync.app/education-home

Would love to hear what tools you’re currently using and what’s missing.

I built a free tool that makes printable puzzle pages in seconds for homeschool use. It creates word searches, word scrambles, cryptograms, and fill-in puzzles, and exports clean PDFs with answer keys included.

I made it because I wanted an easy way to create short, screen-free activities for spelling, vocabulary, review, and early finishers without needing an account. It is free to use and designed for quick printing at home.

If this would be helpful for your family, I’d love feedback on which subjects or age ranges it should support next.

Open to new feature requests!

https://www.puzzlepage.app/

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Hello-

I am sure this has been asked before but because new apps come out all the time I am hoping for something as modern, fun, and visually engaging as possible for a five year old and 9 year old with ADHD. Happy to pay for the app. I love khan academy (they’ve outgrown the kids version) but it’s just not flashy and gamefied enough for my kids. Thank you so much in advance!

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How can you measure rain?
What will rain do to the creek?
Explore these ideas:
https://youtu.be/Cne5dNZ42Jg

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Hi all! I developed software that works as an AI assistant to supplement homeschool education. I have an education background and have personally taught hundreds of students over the years, so I developed this with homeschool parents and students in mind. I'm still in the testing phase, so I would absolutely love any feedback and suggestions to improve the software. I've already gotten great feedback from homeschool moms who have used it to create lesson plans, worksheets and crossword puzzles for their kids.

Just go to https://ai.stellarhomeschool.com/ to sign up. To get a free monthly trial, be sure to use promo code NEW2026